URL Helper

Configuration

You can add a variable prefix to all the available variables below by adding the following to your config.php file:

$config['url_helper']['prefix'] = 'url:';

Variables

{is_ajax_request}

Check to see if the current page was requested via ajax.

{last_segment}

Returns the very last segment in the URI, even if it's a pagination segment

{last_segment_absolute}

Returns the very last segment in the URI, but 2nd to last if the last is a pagination segment

{last_segment_id}

Returns the ID of the last segment, in the case of /seg1/seg2/seg3/ it will return "3"

{last_segment_absolute_id}

Return the ID of the last segment, or 2nd to last if the last is a pagination segment. In the case of ### /seg1/seg2/seg3/P5 it will return "3"

{parent_segment}

Will return the 2nd to last segment in the URI. In the case of /seg1/seg2/seg3/, it will return "seg2"

{parent_segment_id}

Returns the ID of the 2nd to last segment, in the case of /seg1/seg2/seg3/ it will return "2"

{parent_segment_absolute}

Returns the 2nd to last segment in the URI, but 3rd to last if the last is a pagination segment

{parent_segment_absolute_id}

Return the ID of the 2nd to last segment, or 3rd to last if the last is a pagination segment. In the case of ### /seg1/seg2/seg3/P5 it will return "2"

{all_parent_segments}

seg1/seg2/seg3 - Will return seg1/seg2

{all_segments}

seg1/seg2/seg3

{all_segments_exclude_pagination}

seg1/seg2/seg3/P10 - Will return seg1/seg2/seg3

{page_number} or {page_offset}

Get the integer value from the /Px segment. People refer to it as a page number, but its actually an offset value. Both variables contain the same value, just depends on which nomenclature you want to use.

{current_url}

http://www.mysite.com + segments + query string

{current_url_path}

http://www.mysite.com + segments

{current_url_lowercase}

Same as {current_url} but lowercases it

{current_uri}

Segments + query string

{current_url_encoded}

{current_url} base64encoded

{current_uri_encoded}

{current_uri} base64encoded

{query_string}

Current query string including ?, returns blank if no query string exists

{query_string_with_separator}

Exactly the same as {query_string}, but with a different name incase Mo' Variables overrides it.

{referrer}

Full referring/previous url visited

{referrer:segment_N}

Fetch any segment from the referring url

{rev_segment_N}

Segments reversed

{segment_N_category_id}

{segment_N_category_name}

{segment_N_category_name:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{segment_N_category_description}

{segment_N_category_description:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{segment_N_category_image}

{segment_N_category_group_id}

{segment_N_category_url_title:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{segment_N_category_url_title:snake}

Will provide the url_title in snake case. Useful if you're using dashes to separate words in your url segments. Will turn this-word into this_word.

{segment_N_category_url_title:default:snake}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{last_segment_category_id}

{last_segment_category_name}

{last_segment_category_name:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{last_segment_category_description}

{last_segment_category_description:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{last_segment_category_image}

{last_segment_category_group_id}

{last_segment_category_url_title:default}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{last_segment_category_url_title:snake}

Will provide the url_title in snake case. Useful if you're using dashes to separate words in your url segments. Will turn this-word into this_word.

{last_segment_category_url_title:default:snake}

If using Publisher, this will provide the default language value

{segment_category_ids}

2&6&9 - useful for doing an all inclusive search of the segments

{segment_category_ids_any}

2|6|9 - useful for doing an "if any" search of the segments

{segment_category_count}

Provide a total count of categories found in the URL

{query}

Current query string without ?

{get:[variable_name]} or {param:[variable_name]}

Grab the value of a $_GET parameter from the URL

{scheme}

http, https, ftp etc

{host}

Your domain name, e.g. localhost, site.com

{port}

Any port number present in the URL, e.g. :80 or :8888

{path}

Full folder/virtural folder path or all segments if your site is located at the root of the domain/vhost

{fragment}

Anything after # in the URI

{user}

{pass}